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CAMPACC Response to Home Office consultation on Schedule 7 of Terrorism Act 2000
CAMPACC was set up in 2000 to oppose the entire Terrorism Act 2000 on grounds that it defined ‘terrorism’ in extremely broad, vague ways which would enable the special powers to target people for their political activities or views. Our original grounds for opposition have been vindicated by the systematically political use of those anti-terror powers, augmented by several additional laws since 2000.
CAMPACC has closely involved groups being targeted by such powers, especially migrant communities (e.g. Kurdish, Tamil, Baloch, Basque) and refugees from Muslim countries. They have all made important contributions to our campaign over the past decade. Many of those individuals have been ‘examined’ at ports under Schedule 7 powers. In addition we have spoken to community workers and activists who are in continuous contact with wider communities affected by Schedule 7 powers. We must say here that these formidable powers have caused great distress to the community workers including those doing charitable work and activists in these communities. Now we draw on that extensive knowledge for our response to the Home Office consultation.
See the full consultation here:
http://campacc.org.uk/uploads/CAMPACC_Response%20to%20Schedule%207%20Review.pdf